CVE-2026-0233
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Description
A certificate validation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Autonomous Digital Experience Manager on Windows allows an unauthenticated attacker with adjacent network access to execute arbitrary code with NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges.
Severity
LOW
CVSS score
2.0
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-04-13 08:16:22.150000
Last modified
2026-10-26 22:10:00.163000
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